Have you ever noticed the ANS, NEI, NAYGN, and U.S. WIN have a lot of similarities and organize similar events? These industry organizations share common goals and recognize the need to collaborate to strengthen our efforts and amplify our impact.
History of Atomic Allies: In July of 2020 it was announced that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was executed between Nuclear Energy Institute, North American Young Generation in Nuclear, the American Nuclear Society, and U.S. Women in Nuclear. Leaders from each organization came together to foster an environment that promotes transparency, collaboration, and efficiencies in the initiatives we deploy. In 2021, this initiative was officially branded as The Atomic Allies!
Representatives from each organization currently meet on a monthly call to benchmark, share upcoming events, look for opportunities to support each other, and plan collaborations. The cross-organizational collaboration has resulted in many events, such as ANS presenting their Nuclear Ambassadors training at the U.S. WIN conference, and ANS and NEI merging their annual conferences into the Nuclear Energy Conference and Expo (NECX). The group has also collaborated to bring webinars to our joint membership, such as annual programming for Women’s History Month, a discussion on the NAYGN 2024 Annual Career Report, and an outreach webinar for Nuclear Science Week.
Mission of Atomic Allies: The member organizations will join forces and provide efficient means to promote diversity and inclusion, professional development opportunities and streamline advocacy efforts in the entire industry. There are nine “Calls to Action”:
- Maintain regular and ongoing communication about opportunities for collaboration and support for our members in the commercial, academic and laboratory areas.
- Support organization collaboration by encouraging them to create inter-organization objectives at the local and university level, share communication strategies and develop programs suited to support networking and professional development for the members.
- Facilitate opportunities for cross-organizational mentoring and knowledge transfer to enhance both technical, professional, and leadership skills.
- Support one another’s events, including, but not limited to national conferences, webinars, mentoring initiatives, leadership programs and technical sessions.
- From time to time, develop a joint membership communication to keep each organizations’ members informed.
- Advocate for initiatives that support STEM and the promotion of nuclear science, energy and technology.
- Share lessons learned on public outreach, communicating with stakeholders and keeping members informed and engaged.
- Create and foster a policy environment to advance the nuclear industry in the Parties respective countries.
- Jointly recognize achievements and award outstanding service to benefit nuclear science, energy, and technology.
Helping the Atomic Allies: In order to be successful, each organization must talk at the local level in addition to the national level. Ensuring a variety of opportunities are being shared with nuclear professionals is vital to the success of the industry. Work with local leaders to plan joint events in your area! You’ll have increased attendance, and your members won’t have to choose what events they attend. In fact, in your U.S. Women in Nuclear metrics, you can receive bonus points for planning events with your local chapters of Atomic Allies organizations! Together, we can build a stronger industry and reach a larger audience with our outreach.
Learn more about each organization-
https://www.winus.org/about-us/atomic-allies/
https://naygn.org/learning-center/
https://www.ans.org/webinars/view-atomicallies/
https://www.nei.org/home
